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Posted 13 September 2017 - 07:44 PM

AP via WTOP radio, 9/12/17:
 

Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities

 

 

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hard red winter wheat exports are flowing again from the Plains states to the battered Gulf Coast for shipment overseas.

 

Grain export facilities along the Gulf coast suffered little damage from Hurricane Harvey, but the railroad tracks that move wheat to them were more damaged by the storm, said Jay O’Neil, agricultural economist for the International Grains Program at Kansas State University.

 

Most rail lines have since been inspected and repaired, he said. The storm caused about a four-day stoppage, depending on the port. Some terminals had wheat on hand ready to load onto ships, while others had to wait for rail cars to come in.

 

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